When you are on a tight budget it is easy to forget about anything that isn’t a bill, debt, or obligation. All the sudden your life can go from feeling footloose and free to feeling numb and trapped. Hope is not lost, just because you are on a shoe string budget.

You can still have adventures. It just takes a little more planning, a pinch of luck, and a bit of creativity to pull it all off. The following tips help tapped travelers budget for big adventure.